Seco simplifies tool selection with cloud-based 3D model analysis

By Staff Report June 18, 2025 11:39 am IST

Seco Component Guidance is a web-based tool that allows customers to upload 3D part models and receive instant tool recommendations. It uses advanced feature detection technology to analyze user-uploaded models, identifying features like pockets and edges.

Seco Component Guidance allows customers to upload 3D part models and receive instant tool recommendations tailored to their specific needs. A web-based application, this new tool performs complex calculations in the cloud, ensuring quick access and results without requiring a powerful PC. 

Optimal recommendations delivered instantly 

Seco Component Guidance uses advanced feature detection technology to analyse user-uploaded 3D part models. The application automatically identifies pockets, holes, edges and other part features, then provides tooling recommendations catered to the part’s specific design. 

Erik Ekqvist, Product Manager, Seco, said, “Component Guidance is a powerful tool that takes full advantage of the latest in technology.” The software can significantly streamline the procurement process. It will also prove a valuable tool in ensuring estimate accuracy, as manufacturers bidding on a new part can very quickly determine the associated tooling needs and costs.” 

Prioritising cost efficiency 

When determining tooling recommendations, Seco Component Guidance automatically identifies opportunities to produce multiple features with the same tool. Plus, the system takes a user’s purchasing history into account, allowing it to minimize costs by giving precedence to tools that are already on hand.